The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb.
a derivational suffix indicating ‘movement toward the speaker or deictic center’. a derivational venitive
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Andative and venitive — In linguistics, andative and venitive are a type of verbal deixis, verb forms which indicate going or coming motion in reference to a particular location or person. Other terms sometimes seen are itive and ventive, or translocative and… … Wikipedia
Copula (linguistics) — To be redirects here. For the song, see To Be. For to be, or not to be , see To be, or not to be. In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulae or copulas) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). The… … Wikipedia
Collective noun — In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase a pride of lions , pride is a collective noun.… … Wikipedia
Infinitive — In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and … Wikipedia
Verb — This article is about the part of speech. For the physical activity program, see VERB (program). For English usage of verbs, see English verbs. Verbs redirects here. For the Christian gospel rapper, see Verbs (rapper). Examples I washed the car… … Wikipedia
Noun — For other uses, see Noun (disambiguation). Examples The cat sat on the mat. Please hand in your assignments by the end of the week. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. George Washington was the first president of the United States of America.… … Wikipedia
Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… … Wikipedia
Mass noun — Not to be confused with Collective noun. Examples advice air art blood butter deodorant equipment food furniture garbage graffiti grass homework housework information … Wikipedia
Ditransitive verb — In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects which refer to a recipient and a theme. According to certain linguistics considerations, these objects may be called direct and indirect, or primary and secondary.… … Wikipedia
Article (grammar) — For articles in English, see English articles. Definite article redirects here. For the Eddie Izzard comedy DVD, see Definite Article. An article (abbreviated art) is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made… … Wikipedia
